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SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES Jim Ayers By thinking in terms of supply chains instead of individual operations or depart- ments, CIOs can improve their competitive strategies. These strategies, in turn, change organizational operations, roles, and information systems. This article shows how such “supply chain thinking” works. upply chains are a hot management describes practical ways to bring supply chain S topic. Eyes are opening to a more global thinking to the task of strategic planning. Too view of end-to-end material, informa- often strategic planning goes on in an opera- tion, and financial flows. As it is with tional vacuum. Gaining advantage from supply most good ideas, commercial interest drives chains requires cross-functional thinking that is much of the hype. The management consulting uncommon in most companies. industry contributes with new buzzwords to stimulate and sustain interest. So supply chain SUPPLY CHAINS AND STRATEGIC synthesis and demand flow leadership debut in ADVANTAGE press releases and seminars. Substantial contin- gents of software purveyors also vocalize the The competitive field in most markets requires concept. Companies investing millions in new well-designed products. However, at the mar-